Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-01

draughtsmen, engineers, and practical beet
sugar manufacturers. Since their return
they have made plans and specifications for
factory capable of
WORKING THREE HUNDRED TONS or BEErs
DAY.
| Their plans embrace all the best of the
French German and American sugar ma
! chiuerv, and we believe when built will be
/ superior to any beet-sugar factory in exist
! ence The American sugar refineries are
| the best in the world. Some of the French
! machinery is superior to the German. We
have combined the best of all three. This
| factory, when completed, will be capable of
1 turning out thirty tons of refined sugar per
! day, at cost, in barrels, delivered in San
| Francisco. of less than three and q halt cents
| per pound. The machinery will mostly be
manufactured IN San Francisco. We have
bids from responsible machine works in
| San Francisco that are less than German
prices, with freight added. We have made
during this campaign 100000 pounds of
sugar We have beets on hand sufficient
/ to make 100000 pounds more. We have
| beets that show % per cent. of saccharine
! matter. and a polariseope test of 221 per
! cent of sugar. We often find a coefficient
| of purity up to S20, and as high as 880. No
| beets in the world can compare in this re-
| spect with those of California With the
necessary amount of capital and skill, Cali
| fornia can successfully compete with any
country in the world in the production of
| sugar.
OUR NATURAL ADVANTAGES.
Below are given some of the natural ad-
! vantages California has over other beet
! sugar producing countries:
Beets raised in California are as rich in
saccharine, and the yield per acre is fully
as large as in Europe.
We have longer season in which to
plant and harvest our crop.
The crop, after it is harvested, needs no
+; protection from frost.
The climate permits US to work beets
fresh from the fields for a period of four
(! months, thus saving the expense of storing
and rehandling.
In Europe their crops must all be har-
vested and stored in silos within few
weeks after they are matured.
Beets Weld the largest percentage of
sugar when taken fresh from the ground.
In California we plant beets from the LIST
of March to the 1st of June.
In Europe all the planting has to be done
in few weeks.
In Europe, in consequence of frequent
rains in summer, great expense is incurred
! in keeping the beets free from weeds. In
California, on account of the absence of
rains during the summer months, weeds do
not grow.
In Europe farmers are put to great ex-
pense for fertilizers. In California that
expense for many years will be nominal.
But the cheap labor in Europe offsets,
TO great extent, the advantages enumer-
ated. and may perhaps enable them to
manufacture sugar at a less cost than in
this country. The farmers of Europe
have had, also, many years of experience
in cultivating beets for sugar our farmers
none.
| One of the greatest obstacles we had to
contend with was to induce the farmers OF
California to cultivate beets in a manner 10
be profitable to manufacture into sugar.
We had to convince them that beets cult
waited TO be profitable 10 the manufacturer
would also be q profitable crop to the
farmer and that beets raised properly for
sugar were
NOT EXHAUSTIVE To THE SOIL.
We have at this time, happily. overcome
most of the farmers prejndices, and now
have no difficulty in obtaining an abundant
supply of beets, cultivated properly for